Gearing attachment for clothes wringers



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v HEARING ATTACHMENT FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-4| i920.

Patented May 30, 1922.

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' Application filed August 4, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL AR'rHURs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Im- 'vi'ingers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to power-transmitting gearing, and has particular reference to a gearing especially adaptable for use 1n connection with clothes wringers.

An object of the invention is to provide a gearing unit which is simple and may be readily attached to and detached from any type of clothes wringer, whereby the labor of operating a wringer is considerably reduced.

Other objects reside in the particular arrangement and construction of the parts hereinafter set forth more in detail in the specification and claim.

My invention in general comprises a casing which may be attached to the shaft of a wringer, and which casing contains suitable gearing whereby the gear ratio between the handle and the lower shaft is considerably reduced. A portion of this gearing unit comprises a member which may be slipped over the end of any wringer shaft and fastened thereto, after which itis simply necessary to apply the co ver of the casing thereto. This cover forms a bearing for a small pinion which is mounted in alignment with the roller shaft but moves independently thereof. The handle portion of the wringer is attached to a short stub shaft extending from this pinion through the casing.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing, of which Figure 1 is an elevation of the device;

Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Figure 3; and

Figure 3 is a partial section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

As shown in the drawing, the device embodying the features of my invention comprises a clothes wringer of any preferred type having a frame portion composed of side bars 1, a crossbar 2, and a roller pressing spring 3. The side bars 1 are provided with the usual clamping members 4 whereby the wringer may be clamped to any suitable support. A clothes-guiding board 5 is provided, and the roller pressing spring 3 is adjusted with respect to the rollers by means Specification of Letters Patent.

gether' in the usual manner are not shown in the figures. end, the roller 9 is provided with a shaft 10 proved Gearing Attachment for Clothes p the pinion 24 is then placed over inner Patented May 30, 1922.

Serial No. 401,163. I

of the pressure adjusting screws 6 and 7. The rollers 8 and 9 are at one end geared toby gears, which At the other aving'a screw-threaded end portion 11. This shaft 10, in the ordinary use of the wringer, is adapted to receive a handle portion 12 which is held thereon by means of a nut 13 adapted to engage the threaded portion 11.

However, in accordance with my invention, a collar 14 may he slipped over the end of shaft 10 and be fixedly adjusted thereon by means of a set screw 15. This collar 14 is provided with a downwardly extending arm 17 provided with a pinion shaft 18 adapted to receive a pinion 19. This pinion 19 normally meshes with an internal ring gear 20 which is provided on the inner face of a circular casing 21. This casing, which has a front cover 22 which may be suitably fastened thereto, may be adjusted relative to the side frame of the wringer by any suit able means, such as a hook 23, which engages with an eye-lug 23 in the casing 21. One face of this casing is provided with an aperture through which the shaft 10 and the collar 1 1 may extend into the casing. A second pinion 24, mounted on a short stub shaft 25, is adapted to mesh with pinion 19. The stub shaft 25, at one end, bears in the bore of collar 14 and at the other end, in a suitable aperture in the cover 22 of the casing 21. The outer end. of the stub shaft 25 is provided with a threaded portion 26 and is adapted to receive the handle portion 12 and the threaded nut 13.

In the operation of my device, the handle 12 and the nut 13 are removed from the ordinary wringer shaft 10, whereupon the collar 14 and the casing 21 are then placed over the end of the shaft 10 and are fixed thereon by means of the set screw 15 and the hook 23. The cover 22 of the casing 21 carrying the casing 21 and the stub shaft 25 is centered at the end in the bore or collar 14. The handle portion 12 is then placed on the outer end of the stub shaft 25, and fastened thereon by means of the nut 13. It will be seen that by turning the handle 12 power will be transmitted through the shaft 10 of the roller 9, through the pinion 24, pinion 19, pinion shaft 18, arm 17, shaft 10, to roller 9. The other end of roller 9 being geared gearing 1S a part is simple in to roller 8 in any suitable manner, thepower is thus transmitted to both rollers.

It can be readily perceived that this gearing provides a considerable reduction in the force required to turn the rollers at any given speed, and that the unit of Which this construction and capable of very ready attachment to any type of Wringer.

I claim:

The, combination With a main shaft and a support therefor, of an attachment which comprises a gearing unit adapted to be fastened to one end of, said shaft, sa d unit c0mprising a collar having a bore, sald collar fastened to one end of the shaft, an arm on said collar, a pinion on said arm, a casing adapted tobe fixed relative to the support, an internal ring gear on the inner face of the casing, said ring gear meshing With said pinion, a second pinion meshing With the first-named pinion, a stub shaft on which said second pinion is mounted, said stub shaft being journaled at one end in the bore of said collar, a cover on said casing having an aperture forming a bearing for said stub shaft, and a handle adapted to be fastened to the outer. end of said stub shaft.

EMIL ARTHURS. 

